Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn't show us our defilements. Watch yourself. Watch your mind.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

When you recognize that pain and suffering are impermanent, you become free.

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind.

Zen is a way of life, not a theory or a piece of knowledge to be stored away in our minds.

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have - it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a mental vacuum but to come to know one's own mind.

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

Liberation is found in the practice, not in the theory.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

The spiritual journey begins with the recognition that beneath our surface happiness there lies a deep inner pain.

Many people think excitement is happiness... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

The path to liberation is a gradual path of self-discipline, self-development, and self-transformation.

The practice is simply this: keep coming back to your breath during the day. This will give your mind a steadiness and your life a balance.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

Just to be alive is enough.